Plivanje na ivici Vikorijinih vodopada !

Srga · Izmenio Srga dana 03 Mar 2008 11:43, izmenjeno ukupno 1 puta

It may look insane, but the guy at the picture is not a Photoshoped silhouette placed over a fake landscape. He's swimming at the Devil’s Pool, a natural rock pool at the very top of the Victoria Falls, at Zimbabwe, with a height of about 100 metres.

The Victoria Falls is a waterfall situated in southern Africa between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. From September to December, due to low water levels, it is possible to swim at the edge of the falls in a naturally formed safe pool, accessed via Livingstone Island.

From Virgin Media : “Life on the edge swim; ... a small jump (what felt like the leap of death) lands you in a small rock pool at the edge of the Falls. As you stand this close to such raw, natural beauty, you can barely hear yourself screaming above the sound of the water rushing down while adrenalin pumps through your body turning it into a shaking, excitable mess. You realise why the not-eating-before-swimming rule has always stuck".

From Wikitravel: You will have the opportunity to stand in shallow water, 2 inches (literally) from where the water gushes over the edge of the falls, and swim in Devil's Pool, a reasonable current-free pool a couple of feet from the top of the falls, close enough to lean over the edge. This makes fantastic photo opportunities with a permanent rainbow from the mist of the falls behind you".

As you can see, pictures taken by Flickr users show smiling families and groups swimming at the pool. No one of them seem to be scared, they're just having a good time.

Many of you may think it is a trick. Well, another Flickr user took pictures from the other side, and this is the result ("Putting the maniacs into context" - he says):

Sve u svemu - ako se ikada nadjete negde u blizini - ovo definitivno vredi doziveti

Rah! · Poslao: 03 Mar 2008 10:47 Naslov:

Neverovatno !!!
Ali nisam sigurna da bih se usudila...

Zeljko · Poslao: 03 Mar 2008 10:48 Naslov:

Cassius · Poslao: 03 Mar 2008 11:03 Naslov:

Ovaj što drži dete je teški idiot!!! Sa svojim životom može da radi šta hoće ali odakle mu pravo da ugrožava dečiji život...

RicMan · Poslao: 03 Mar 2008 12:38 Naslov:

Živeti - ići po svetu i posećivati ovakva mesta na planeti zemlji.

Kad tad.

igor · Poslao: 03 Mar 2008 13:22 Naslov:

uh....pre toga bih verovatno isprazni gace...al definitivno bih probao...makar me to ubilo.

Za takve dozivljaje vredi ziveti

Iris · Iskusni Forumdžija! Pridružio: 23 Mar 2007 Poruke: 838

Nema sanse! Kad sam bila u Bugarskoj u Aqua parku, mislila sam da ce mi srce otkazati, sto i nije bilo tako strasno! A ovo... ne...ne...

Srga · Poslao: 03 Mar 2008 14:11 Naslov:

Pa ovde je sve mirno, do pada imate prirodni zid i voda ne tece brzo ka ponoru.

Kao jezero je nish posebno - kao da u bari stojite - ali pogled ispod je ono zbog cega se ostaje bez daha

trooper · Poslao: 05 Mar 2008 09:14 Naslov:

Neka fala

Voda...
Visina....

celo_tigar · Poslao: 05 Mar 2008 21:37 Naslov:

Ja kada plivam na ledjima misle ajkula.
Toliko od mene..

vidaalerta · Poslao: 05 Mar 2008 22:38 Naslov:

Vauuuuuu,ja sam odusevljena.

I ne bi mi nimalo bio problem da se kupam tu...

Srgo

tacky_kockalone · Poslao: 06 Mar 2008 07:37 Naslov:

aaaaaaaaa.........

crtanica · Novi Kolač Pridružio: 06 Mar 2008 Poruke: 7

Ja bih ipak ostala na bezbednoj udaljenosti i uzivala u pogledu.